Southeast

It is midmorning at the Chicken of the Sea Inter-national canning plant in Toombs County, and about 200 employees are busy getting tuna out of one door and through another, the midway point in the big fish’s trip from the…

To the casual observer, the doorway among the row houses along Savannah’s East Oglethorpe Avenue could be the entrance to one of the charming homes that line the side streets linking this city’s network of shaded squares. Step inside this…

The city of Hazlehurst likes to think of itself as the “city of industry.” In fact, says Mayor Bayne Stone, the slogan is right there on the side of every city vehicle. But that was true back in the days…

John Henry admits it’s a bit unusual for him to be conducting a tour of all the new fire hydrants along the Effingham County portion of Georgia Highway 21, known here as the Savannah River Parkway, but he says he…

Jenna Guthrie is standing in the crowded kitchen of a home in a neighborhood of mossy oaks on St. Simons Island. It’s nearing noon and she’s been cooking under hot lights, tracked by a TV camera for more than four…

People in Savannah take their Irish seriously and green is always in style, whether it’s clothing or beer. A different kind of green was very much on the minds of the 100 or so mostly young folks who crowded into…

When it comes to attracting business and industry, Bryan County is taking a page from real estate. “It’s all about location, location, location,” declares County Commission Chairman Jimmy Burnsed. The county clearly is in the right place at the right…

The Douglas-Coffee County Economic Development Authority celebrates 50 years since its charter this year. It’s one of only three such entities in Georgia that have been operating continuously since the 1950s. To mark the occasion, county business, civic and government…

Sylvania is one of those small Georgia towns (pop. 2,541) where everybody knows your name, and if they don’t they soon will – and they’ll know the name of everyone in your family, your history, your likes and dislikes; and…

You’ll have to forgive the people of Liberty County for thinking they’re in the right place at the right time. When much of the rest of the nation is faced with the prospect of a slowing economy and a tumbling…